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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, this is a live look at the Israel Gaza border following a weekend when dozens of Palestinians

seeking aid were killed by Israeli gunfire. It is 04:00 pm. There. It is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson, you're watching "Connect

the World".

Also coming up, U.S. President Donald Trump marks six months in office. The fallout, though of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues to dog his

administration. And this hour, he President Trump's high stakes legal battle with Harvard University kicks into gear once again.

Stock market in New York opens 30 minutes from now, beginning of the trading week of course U.S. futures are ticking up ahead of a busy earnings

week with tech stocks, Alphabet and Tesla key focus on Wednesday.

Well, the U.N. World Food Programme is demanding that shootings near aid sites in Gaza stop immediately. That is after a very deadly weekend for aid

seekers there. Palestinian officials and witnesses say more than 100 people were killed by Israeli fire on Saturday and on Sunday while they were

trying to collect food.

More than 70 of those casualties were reported in a single incident in Northern Gaza. Israel disputes those figures and says its military fired

warning shots to remove an immediate threat. Paula Hancocks joins me here in the studio with more. And I just spoke to Cindy McCain, who was the Head

of the WFP, about yesterday's shooting. Just have a listen.

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CINDY MCCAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: We were, I had clearance to go through this Akim Gate. It was -- we were through the gate

the Israelis had had -- as you know, they clear everything, and they -- and they -- they decide when and if you go in.

And we began our trek down the road, and what we saw were thousands of people running towards us, and they were hungry. They're starving. And all

of a sudden, the Israeli tanks, Israeli guns, Israeli weapons from all kinds, started firing on the crowd. And it was -- it's -- it's something

that I hope never happens again.

But more importantly, our group, WFP, our people that work for us were there too, and they were put in grave danger as a result of that. No

humanitarian aid worker should ever be a target of --

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ANDERSON: And Cindy McCain describes this as the biggest tragedy to date, as far as she is concerned at WFP. Clearly really bad on the ground. This

follows a pattern of Gazans being killed around aid distribution sites. So, let's just for a moment, step back and try and explain why this is

happening.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, Becky, just this week alone, you had more than 100 killed. And these are people that aren't necessarily at the

aid site itself. They're close by. They have been walking for miles. They have been walking for hours in the early hours of that particular day to

try and get as close as they can to the front of the queue to try and have any chance of getting aid.

And that is the key problem, the fact that there is not enough humanitarian aid, that there are so many people that are trying to compete to try and

find anything to support their families. And it's also an issue we're hearing from the aid agencies that so many people have to travel to get to

that aid because of GHF, for example, this Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that's being used.

They only have four sites, and people have to travel to them in an active war zone, in an area which is incredibly dangerous. Now the U.N. said that

nearly 800 people were killed between late May and July, 7th. We know that number is far higher now, given what we have just seen over the weekend.

So, it is a desperate situation that the World Food Programme was just the latest to have witnessed this.

ANDERSON: I did ask her about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whether there was any work or support being done between GHF and WFP. She said, no,

they don't talk to the WH -- the GHF. She said, there's a completely different mechanism. Hers is the U.N. agency delivering aid on the ground.

And this is aid that is massively important, given the price of flour, for example, is so high at this point. So, the sort of aid that the WFP is

delivering, that was being delivered at the weekend is absolutely crucial. We are hearing about more kids dying of hunger, the latest, just four years

old as I understand it.

HANCOCKS: That's right. This is what we have been warned about from the U.N. that this was inevitably going to happen and unfortunately now it is.

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We saw a 4-year-old-girl, Razan (ph), dying on Sunday of hunger. Now we had spoken to her mother a month ago when she was in a hospital suffering from

malnutrition, and she was helplessly watching her daughter saying, there's no milk in the hospital, in the pharmacy, they don't actually have anything

to give her to be able to strengthen her.

And we know that on Sunday, she did lose her fight to life, and her body was skeletal. It was extremely distressing to see how she had degenerated

over that month, because they simply couldn't get aid to her. We also were speaking to one man who had gone to a soup kitchen, one of the few that's

still open, to try and find food for his family of 12.

He had a pot, and he had a minimal amount of watery soup in the bottom. We then followed him our team on the ground back to his house to see them all

sitting around one tiny bowl of watery soup, and that is all they were going to have to eat for that day.

ANDERSON: Let's remind ourselves that these are local teams that we work with, working with on the ground. Of course, international journalists

still not allowed into Gaza, and the work those local teams do for us incredibly important, so that we can get images out like the ones that

you've just been -- you've just been showing.

New evacuation orders can make things even worse for civilians. These new orders are in Central Gaza. What do we know?

HANCOCKS: So, this is Deir Al-Balah. This is an area that the IDF has not really operated in on the ground before. In the past, they have left

certain areas alone if they fear that there were Israeli hostages being held there. What they have now said is that people need to leave that area.

We have seen yesterday and today, hundreds upon hundreds of people trying to get out of this area in any way they can, that the U.N. believes

something between 82,000 to 90,000 people might be based in that particular area, and there is an expectation that there will be significant military

action.

What it means is that hundreds of thousands of people have been pushed into an ever-shrinking part of Gaza, which OCHA, one of the U.N. Departments,

believes is 12 percent of what Gaza is that all these people are now crammed into this one particular area, and is not necessarily an area that

is set up for humanitarian purposes.

ANDERSON: Meantime, talks apparently continue, for what it's worth in Doha at present, no details as of yet as to when we might get a ceasefire and a

hostage deal. Those talks, as we say, stutter but continue. Thank you.

Well, you heard some of what the WFP Chief Cindy McCain told me about Sunday's aid convoy shootings. And you can hear our full conversation about

60 minutes from now in the second half of this show.

Also, keeping an eye a close eye right now on Syria, the government there says a truth in the Southern City of Suweyda does appear to be holding, but

communications in the area do remain challenging. The ceasefire follows interventions by the U.S. and other Arab countries over the past week

trying to end the deadly violence there between local Druze groups and Bedouin tribes.

Well, let me turn your attention now to the United States. It's been six months since President Donald Trump took office, and regardless of which

side of the aisle you are on, you'd have to agree, it has been a busy start to his second term. Mr. Trump has spiraled ahead with his economic agenda,

slapping steep tariffs on some of America's biggest trading partners, only to walk them back and then ramp up those threats.

Once again, on his mass deportation agenda, he's been more consistent, is landmark legislation passed earlier this month with will push billions of

dollars towards his immigration crackdown. And then, of course, there's his battle with higher education, which is on full display once again today.

Harvard University back in court for a major hearing in its funding fight against the administration. Well CNN's Alayna Treene has been tracking Mr.

Trump's first months for six months, every step of the way from the White House. She joins us now. How is the White House framing this first what 180

days or so?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, I mean, I think it's no surprise Becky that they are touting all of the different policies that

they have enacted so far as major accomplishments, and trying to argue that he's delivering on what he campaigned on.

And you brought up some of the key points, I think immigration, of course, is one of the biggest issues. It was the issue that while on the campaign

trail, the president had said was the issue he believed Americans cared at the most about and we've seen him really committed to ramping up the

widespread and sweeping deportations of undocumented immigrants in this country.

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We've seen several different raids carried out in major cities across the country. They touted, for example, yesterday in this major press release,

saying that they had more deportation flights in June, setting a new record. So that's part of it.

And then, of course, if you look at just some of the recent things he's done on a domestic level, his big domestic agenda bill, the one big

beautiful bill, as the president likes to call it, passed earlier this month. The president continuing to go around the country and try and tout

that.

They also one thing they noted was the rescinding of the $9 billion in foreign aid and public radio funding. Of course, the price of eggs

declining, something the president brings up frequently, saying that when he came into office, you know, the price of eggs were very high. They were

able to get that down.

Although many people argue that that actually didn't have to do with Trump Administration policies. And then U.S. job gains, but I do think some of

the other points you made Becky, including tariffs, of course, you think about the economy right now almost I'd argue most Americans do associate

the Trump Administration with the steep tariffs we've seen him try impose on some of the nation's biggest trading partners.

We now have this new deadline of August, 1st just over a week from now that he's going to be implementing some of those new different tariff prices

that he had initially wanted to implement in April. But one thing as well that I think you know has put a damper on all of this, as the Trump

Administration is trying to celebrate his first six months in office.

Are one of the things that, of course, has been dominating coverage of late, and that is the drama over the Trump Administration's handling of the

Jeffrey Epstein case. It's something that continues to, you know, six months in put him, in many ways, at odd with his base and the fiercest

supporters of the so called MAGA Movement, kind of fraying around their decision to release this memo saying that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide,

that there was no so called, client list.

We're now seeing so many different people, particularly those among his supporters, trying to argue that they want more information. Now we did see

the president threaten to sue "The Wall Street Journal" of a story they published last week about an alleged letter that the president had sent to

Jeffrey Epstein back in the early 2000s for his birthday.

But then he also said that he was going to press the attorney general on unsealing grand jury testimony. Now we are not really clear where that

stands. It is, of course, up to a judge in the courts to determine whether or not they are actually going to do that, but I had many conversations

with many of the president's fiercest supporters.

People like Steve Bannon, a Leader of the MAGA Movement, who said that that is a good start, but may not be enough. And we saw the president kind of

argue himself over the weekend that perhaps his efforts to try and end all of this coverage might be failing. He had posted over the weekend that

nothing will be good enough for the troublemakers and radical left lunatics making the request.

He said, it will always be more and more and more. So that's, you know, kind of more of a negative story for this administration as they're trying

to tout what they argue has been a very successful six months for the president.

ANDERSON: Good to have you Alayna, thank you. Well, it's six months in, and President Trump also touting this migrant crackdown, as Alayna has just

been reporting. But a new CNN poll finds Americans now largely oppose how Trump has ramped that up. 55 percent say he's gone too far when it comes to

deporting the undocumented.

That is 10 points higher since February, and comes at a time when immigrant officials are set to receive an historic cash infusion. It will help hire

and train thousands of new ICE agents, as they are known, and pay for new detention facilities for removal operations. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez, looks

that part of Donald Trump's six months in office.

PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, the administration is planning to supercharge their immigration enforcement operations with this

new money. To give you a point of context, ICE will be the most well-funded police force in the federal government for the next four years.

Now, when you break that down in the numbers, that's $45 billion for detention centers and $30 billion for enforcement and removals. And this

comes at a critical time for the administration, because ICE has historically been underfunded and has had limited personnel.

And when I spoke to White House Border Czar Tom Homan about this, he said that they are trying to solve for that. He has daily calls about setting up

contracts for ramping up detention, both with ICE and Customs and Border Protection that he also has calls about ramping up the ICE Academy.

So, when they recruit officers, they can also quickly train them and get out classes faster and already people who have been former officials, who

have already retired from the agency are getting e-mails with financial incentives to come back and join ICE.

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So, there is a ramp up that is currently happening for the next six months of this administration to be more of these immigration enforcement

operations. But they are also contending with the reality, according to current and former officials that I've spoken with about the frustration

that is building at ICE.

Because there has been this immense pressure to reach these 3000 daily arrests, a number that they haven't met yet, and that they are consistently

reminded of, and that has influenced the way that they are carrying out immigration enforcement operations, and that is where this poll is telling.

What this poll tells us is that the public is paying attention to the way the administration is carrying out its immigration crackdown. They may be

on board with what the president is doing, but it's the how he does it that really matters. You mentioned, for example, the 55 percent of people who

think he's going too far.

Well, that has grown since February and then since April to now, and what that tells us is that people are watching the various ways that the

administration is ramping up the different points of controversy being sending hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a notorious mega prison in El

Salvador, or sending migrants to far flung countries like South Sudan.

So, as they get these funds, the administration will also have to contend with the way in which they provide this cash infusion. The way people start

to perceive it. And that is what ultimately, they will have to grapple with as they move forward for the next six months. But still, the administration

sees us out there -- as there's -- as their winning issue, and one that as the White House Border Czar, told me they are doubling down on. Back to

you.

ANDERSON: Well, Harvard University back in court this hour as it faces a high stakes legal battle with the Trump Administration over federal

funding. Now look the Ivy League University making its case to a U.S. district judge in the hopes of restoring more than $2 billion in federal

funds that it claims was unlawfully stripped by the White House.

This is a critical moment in the months long battle over academic freedom and federal authority. CNN's Gloria Pazmino is following the story for us.

She joins us now live and Gloria the White House has argued that Harvard failed to adequately address anti-Semitism on campus in the aftermath of

the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7th.

It says Harvard defied the administration's demand to control the school's policies and stuff, and therefore stripped away these federal dollars.

What's Harvard's defense at this point?

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, you're absolutely right to describe this as a battle, because Harvard is going into that courtroom

today to make the argument that Trump Administration's move to freeze this funding was unconstitutional. And the reason why today's hearing is so

important. It's going to be the first time that we're going to be directly hearing from lawyers for Trump's Department of Justice.

They're the ones who have pushed ahead and frozen so much of the funding that Harvard is now trying to defend. Now this is going to be a big moment,

not just for Harvard University and everything that Harvard represents, not just here in the United States, but really all around the world, right?

The nation's oldest university, the richest university, and really a place of prestige and excellence. They say that this is about academic freedom

and about defending what they get to do on the campus of their university, not just Harvard, but many other higher education institutions which have

also been targeted by the Trump Administration.

Now here's what Harvard is arguing going into this hearing today. They argue that the government violated Administrative Procedure Act in freezing

this money. They're saying there's actually laws in place that would allow an administration to fund -- to freeze funding if there was an allegation

of improper behavior or certainly some sort of discrimination.

But that's not what happened here. They also say there's no connection between anti-Semitism and stopping federal medical and scientific research,

and that the funding freeze is ultimately a violation of the First Amendment and their academic freedom.

On the line so far, more than $2 billion more than 900 scientific and research medical projects that they say have had to come to a halt as a

result of this uncertainty over whether or not they are going to get the funding.

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Now we've heard President Trump in the last few weeks suggest that Trump -- that Harvard will be willing to settle in this lawsuit that remains to be

seen. But Harvard University so far, certainly the one institution that has responded pretty aggressively in this lawsuit, in comparison to some

other universities, like Columbia, for example, which actually made some changes to its policies as part of -- as part of an effort to protect their

grants and funding.

All of this Harvard is asking is decided by September, they're looking down to a critical deadline where they would have to submit their paperwork in

order to close out funding if they're not going to be getting it, Becky.

ANDERSON: Watch this space. You're doing that for us, and as we get more, we will get it to our viewers. Thank you. Still to come, we're going to

take you live to Athens, where suspects are in court over the murder of a UC Berkeley Professor, that's next.

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ANDERSON: Well, in Greece, suspects are in court today over the murder of a UC Berkeley Professor. Now this 43-year-old was shot and killed on July 4th

in Athens while on his way to pick up his kids. Police have charged five people in the case, including the professor's ex-wife and her current

partner. Let's get you to Athens, where Elinda Labropoulou has been following this. What can we expect in court today?

ELINDA LABROPOULOU, JOURNALIST: Well, so far, we had four out of the five people who are accused of involvement in this murder, they have pled

guilty, all four of them. One of them has pled guilty to being the murderer, and now we're waiting for the ex-wife of the professor to see how

she's going to plead.

We understand from her lawyer, we spoke to him earlier on, that she plans on pleading not guilty, and then it will remain to the authorities to

decide whether any of the four will be remanded in custody pending trial, or if any of them will be acquitted.

And this is really critical at this point, particularly in the case of the ex-wife, because at the heart of all this, there's really a big custody

battle between the couple, a Greek national, the ex-wife, and the American Polish Professor, having dual nationality, much like his kids, who has been

having visitation rights while his wife has had custody over their children for several years.

Now, the current partner of the wife has confessed to murdering the professor because he said he was afraid that he would take the children

away from them, away from Greece, and that he had not told his partner about this, that it was just his sole decision. We heard him testify this

today.

So, we're waiting to see now how today's decision will impact what the wife custody case is going to be like in future. The Polish family of the

professor has already applied for custody of the children. So really at the core of this right now is what happens to the children next Becky.

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ANDERSON: Well, it is there and more as we get it. Thank you. Still to come, will AI wipe out white collar jobs? CNN with that very question to

leaders in tech, and going to get you their responses up next.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back. You're watching "Connect the World". I'm Becky Anderson, for you. These are your headlines this hour and an exodus of

civilians underway in Central Gaza after Israel ordered new evacuations there. The IDF says it is launching ground operations in their Al-Balah for

first time since its war with Hamas began. The U.N. says new displacements will deal a devastating blow to an already fragile situation there.

More calls for the Trump Administration to release more information in the Jeffrey Epstein case. President Trump now calling it the Epstein hoax as he

continues to blame Democrats. The controversy in a bipartisan effort. Growing number of lawmakers are pushing for the release of the Epstein

files.

Well, meanwhile, Mr. Trump marking six months in office and touting his migrant deportation crackdown. A new CNN poll shows 55 percent of Americans

believe the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting the undocumented. That is 10 points higher than it was in February.

Well, as Trump marks six months in office for what is, of course, his second term. U.S. stocks hovering near all-time highs. It is Monday, big

week ahead on Wall Street, we're going to get key earnings reports from Tesla being in the news, isn't it, over the last six months, and Alphabet,

of course, on Wednesday, also helping push these indexes higher.

Some traders taking bets that rates will be cut by the Fed. Let's see whether those bets come good for them. The opening bell on Wall Street

ringing any second FIFA World Cup New York, New Jersey Host Committee, ringing that bell today after the Club World Cup came to an end in the U.S.

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The country now gearing up for the FIFA World Cup in 2026. Well, that is the bell on Wall Street. We'll let these indexes settle a little bit before

we give you a sense of what is going on. But certainly, the futures market indicating a higher open certainly looks at the DOW is going that way.

Meanwhile, in the world of tech, CNN has spoken to more than half a dozen tech industry insiders to gage their opinion on whether AI Artificial

Intelligence really could wipe out white collar jobs. Now, the responses were split. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang, for instance, told CNN that AI will

kill jobs only if, quote, the world runs out of ideas.

Well, that's despite some tech bosses warning that AI could spike unemployment to 20 percent in the next five years. Well, CNN's Tech

Reporter Clare Duffy has been the one covering this story for us, and she joins us now. This is fascinating. I mean, you know, this is a conversation

that I hear time and time again coming up. How do you sum up what tech experts have been telling you about the potential impact of AI Clare?

CLARE DUFFY, CNN TECH REPORTER: Yeah, Becky, it is really complicated, because what I learned here is that if you ask half a dozen people in

Silicon Valley how they think AI will impact the workforce, you're probably going to get just as many different opinions and ideas of what this is

going to mean.

But I think the bottom line here is that it's not quite so black and white as some of the really dire warnings that we've heard. There are some

categories of work that are really ripe for significant disruption, things like coding or data analysis, that computers are just really good and fast

at.

Those kinds of jobs will likely start to go away, and we're already seeing some of that bear out with tech companies cutting software developers, for

example. But if your job includes some creative or relational aspects to it, it might change. You might still use AI. But those jobs probably aren't

going to be eliminated altogether.

And in fact, you may see that AI is starting to take over some of the more repetitive, rote parts of your work, and you're getting to focus more on

those human, centered aspects of your job. I spoke with Gaura Bansal. He is the Executive Director of Responsible Innovation Labs. This is a nonprofit

that consults with tech startups to talk about developing tech ethically and responsibly.

Here's how he put it to me. He said, I think that there will be some displacement. I think there will be new job categories that emerge. I think

we're entering a decade-ish, maybe more period of uncertainty. And I think that's really the core of what I'm hearing is that there's still so much

uncertainty about how exactly this is going to play out?

And that policymakers in particular really need to start thinking and acting on this, because the transition could be somewhat uncomfortable. We

could, for example, see companies start to lay off lots of employees, thinking that AI will be able to take over their jobs, and then realizing

that the tech isn't quite there yet, and they have to bring some of these human workers back.

We could see wages go down in some industries as there are more people fighting for fewer of those human centric jobs that are less disrupted by

AI. So, what I'm hearing from people in the industry is that they really hope that policymakers will start to engage on what this future should look

like in the AI era, and try to help people manage this transition, Becky.

ANDERSON: Good to have you, Clare, thank you. Now to a breakthrough that is likely to fuel the scientific rivalry between China and the United States.

Chinese Research is placing computer chips into the brains of people with disabilities, leading to some tremendous results. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout

reports.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): She lost her voice from ALS, but thanks to a brain implant in Beijing, this patient can speak again

through a computer. She says, I want to eat. Her voice restored after a coin sized chip was implanted into the top of her brain. The breakthrough

chip is called Bay Now One, a semi-invasive and wireless brain computer interface, or BCI system.

STOUT: Thank you for inviting us to your lab.

STOUT (voice-over): The Chief Scientist behind it has given CNN rare access to his lab.

LUO MINMIN, DIRECTOR, CHINESE INSTITUTE FOR BRIAN RESEARCH: This is a human brain model in doing a real surgery, the scalp will be open, and the sensor

will collect these new only signals and transmit the signals to this external device. And this signal will be processed for external device

control.

STOUT: For the patients who have been implanted with your BCI systems, how are they reacting to the system?

MINMIN: The patients were saying that this feels so great, like they can regain the control of the muscles.

STOUT (voice-over): So far, Lou and his team say that they have implanted five patients with the Bay Now One Chip. China's breakthroughs are

revealing a growing ambition to rival industry leaders like Elon Musk's Neuralink.

ELON MUSK, TESLA CEO: China has definitely shown the ability to not just catch up, but also then be competitive and now actually to start, also to

drive the field in some areas.

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STOUT (voice-over): In March, a paralyzed patient was able to walk with the help of a harness and standing frame after a brain tech implant by

researchers from China's Fudan University. In April, a patient with a debilitating form of epilepsy was able to play complex video games thanks

to a BCI Chip from Chinese company Neuro X.

And in May, a patient with no limbs was able to play racing and chess games after a brain implant from Shanghai based Stairmed.

STOUT: Western experts say breakthroughs in basic science have traditionally been led by the United States, but China has the edge on

commercialization turning brain technology into an actual product that consumers want to buy.

STOUT (voice-over): Hanzo's BrainCo is a pioneer in commercialization. It develops non-invasive BCI devices that are wearable, like this robotic

glove. BrainCo was founded at the Harvard Innovation Lab in 2015. Chinese officials later convinced the team to move to China.

MAX RIESENHUBER, PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: The Chinese government has been able to attract a lot of talent from the U.S.

by providing resources for individuals to do their research in China. And so, it is a global competition.

STOUT (voice-over): Lou and his team are speeding up human trials with plans to implant their chip into 50 to 100 more patients next year.

MINMIN: We are hoping that we can move this process faster. If it's proven to be safe and effective, then we can get approval, so that you know it can

be used clinically across the world.

STOUT (voice-over): Development is also underway for the next generation Bay Now Two a chip to restore speech mobility and hope from a lab in China.

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ANDERSON: Well, let's get you up to speed on some of the other stories that are on our radar right now. And a Japanese far right populist party has

emerged as an unlikely force over the weekend, grabbing 14 seats in the country's parliamentary elections a dramatic rise from the single seat that

it previously held.

The party is known for its Japanese first campaign and tough immigration talk. More than 30 people are recovering from injuries after a car plowed

into them outside a club in Los Angeles over the weekend. Police say the 29-year-old driver was pulled out of the car, beaten and shot by

bystanders. He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

Well, a stark warning on Afghanistan's water crisis. The aid group Mercy Corps says nearly half of Kabul's water pumps have run dry, and it could

become the world's first modern capital to completely dry out. Experts blame population growth, overuse and climate change.

Well, coming up world number one, Scottie Scheffler had quite the weekend as he moves closer to a career Grand Slam after cruising to victory at the

Open Championship. More on that after this.

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ANDERSON: Democratic Nominee for New York Mayor, Zohran Ramdani is heading to his birth country, Uganda this month for some family celebrations, and

he has a bit of advice for the right-wing media before he heads out. Have a listen.

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ZOHRAN MAMDANI, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR NEW YORK MAYOR: And since you will undoubtedly read about this trip in "The New York Post" inshallah on the

front page, here are a few of my humble suggestions for headlines. MIA Mamdani in Africa, Uganda, miss me. He's -- crazy -- for can't be serious.

Carl compelling investigates Mamdani. Zo running away.

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ANDERSON: Well, Mamdani said, unfortunately for some of his critics, he will indeed be returning home to New York. Well. Scotty Scheffler began the

Open Championship by questioning the very point of golf. By the end of the tournament, it was very clear that any questions he may have had about the

game certainly had no impact on his performance.

Don Riddell joining me now. And the world number one Don cruised to victory. What stood out most about his performance these past four days to

you.

DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: I mean, hey, Becky, just how easy he makes it look. I mean, he's absolutely incredible.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

RIDDELL: And none of us should really be surprised. He's been dominating the game of golf now for the last two, if not three, years. But this was

the first time he'd won the Claret Jug on a golf course that it's incredibly difficult. One of the things he's very, very good at doing is

one he makes fewer mistakes than anybody else, and when he does, he often bounces back immediately.

He had four bogeys last week, and on the very next hole, twice he birdied. So, he gets himself out of jail as quickly as he gets himself into trouble.

He is absolutely extraordinary. And many of the game's top players after their rounds yesterday, basically all had to admit it, he's way better than

us.

Like we'd love to be as good as him. We're nowhere near him. And that just says everything, because you don't want to wave the white flag in any

sport. But his rivals now are conceding he's just better.

ANDERSON: Yeah. One of the things I think he talked about you're going to do this in World Sport, I'm sure, is the fact that he's got a family now

was one of the reasons he said he -- you know -- does he really need to think about this as much as he really take it as seriously as he used to?

Well, he obviously does, but there's some wonderful pictures I know you're going to bring up in the show of him and the family this weekend as well.

It's just -- it's priceless stuff, isn't it?

RIDDELL: Absolutely.

ANDERSON: World Sport after the break with Don.

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